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Feb 13, 2018 · This account makes the history behind Montreal’s name seem rather simple: “Montréal” is a clear variation of “Mont-Royal,” an alteration created through the slurring tongues of time. Indeed, in 16th-century French, the word réal was a variant of royal, thus giving way to the contraction of Mont-Royal that created Mont Réal, or ...
Mar 7, 2018 · That’s Illi-noy—no pesky “s” at the end. However, most Illinoisans likely don’t know how the state got its unusual name. Illinois was named after the Illinois River, which was named by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in an attempt to map the region’s many rivers and waterways. The French explored the area in ...
Apr 22, 2019 · Well, because it is. Memphis was founded in 1819 by three men: a Nashville judge named John Overton, a former general named James Winchester and future president Andrew Jackson. The trio named the city after the capital of ancient Egypt. Though their exact line of reasoning is uncertain, it’s possible that they thought the nearby Mississippi ...
7. Escanaba. As is the case with several cities in Michigan, Escanaba’s name comes from Native American language. Escanaba is actually an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning “flat rock.”. The name stuck when European settlers arrived and began lumber operations there in the 1830s.
Oct 24, 2021 · The town of Sarasota’s first mayor, John Hamilton Gillespie and Blanche McDaniel were married in Sarasota on May 23, 1905, at the Episcopal church. The Sarasota Times called it the “prettiest ...
Feb 21, 2020 · He said the city was named after Buddha. “Not that he was the founder of the city, but because he was so great that his name was given to it.” says Galeotto’s with somewhat obscure reasoning. The situation is further complicated that we know more than one person named Buda in the written records from the Middle Ages.
It is first mentioned in Scripture under the name Salem (Gen. 14:18; compare Ps. 76:2). When first mentioned under the name Jerusalem, Adonizedek was its king (Josh. 10:1).King David first called it Jerusalem (of course, that is the English spelling). The original name meant City of Peace.
